Father’s Day recipes for kids to make

This month we show our appreciation of our fabulous fathers, so why not get together with the kids in the kitchen and rustle up these delicious treats just for him…

Peppermint creams

400g icing sugar

1 egg white

½ teaspoon peppermint essence

Green food colouring

1 Sift all of the icing sugar, putting approximately two-thirds into a mixing bowl. Beat the egg white until it has increased in volume and is white and frothy. Add the beaten egg and the peppermint essence to the icing sugar and beat until thoroughly combined.

2 Slowly add the remaining icing sugar to the bowl a little at a time until the mixture takes on a silky dough consistency.

3 Taste to see if more peppermint essence is required. Halve the mixture and add a few drops of food colouring to one half, mixing until the colour is even throughout.

4 Dust your work surface with icing sugar and roll out the mixture to 5mm thick. Using a small round cutter, cut out the peppermint creams and lay them on a sheet of greaseproof paper to dry. Package them in boxes, jars or cellophane.

Almond brittle

200g whole almonds, blanched

400g caster sugar

2 tablespoons maple syrup

100g flaked almonds

1 Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC/R4. Roast almonds in oven on a baking sheet for ten minutes or until light golden. Ensure they don’t burn.

2 Heat sugar and maple syrup in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over a low heat until sugar dissolves and reaches soft-crack stage – when a small amount of sugar dropped into cold water can be stretched between fingers, separating into hard strands (or 132ºC/270ºF on a sugar thermometer). Pour sugar syrup over almonds and scatter with flaked almonds. Flatten with a metal spoon and leave to cool.

4 Once the brittle is solid, turn it out on to a work surface and break up into shards using a rolling pin. Store in an airtight container.

Coconut ice

397g of condensed milk

275g icing sugar

350g desiccated coconut

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Food colouring of your choice

1 Lightly grease a 18cm square baking tin and line with greaseproof paper.

2 Place icing sugar, condensed milk and vanilla essence in a bowl and beat until thoroughly mixed.

3 Add the desiccated coconut and keep beating until well combined.

4 Divide mixture in two. Spread first half of the mixture evenly over the base of the baking tin. Use your hand to level the mixture evenly.

5 Add a few food colouring drops to the remaining mixture and mix. Spread this mixture evenly over the plain mixture and level out.

6 Put tin in the fridge and leave to set overnight or until firm. When set, remove the block from the tin and use a sharp knife to cut into squares.